|Rank|Athlete|Ski time|Penalties P+S+P+S|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Zhang Qing (CHN)|59:53.2|1+1+0+1|1:02:53.2|
||Dmitriy Pozdnyakov (KAZ)|1:01:01.0|0+2+0+0|1:03:01.0|
||Dmitriy Pantov (KAZ)|59:24.8|1+2+0+1|1:03:24.8|
|4|Hideki Yamamoto (JPN)|1:02:55.5|0+1+3+0|1:06:55.5|
|5|Qiu Lianhai (CHN)|1:03:18.9|1+1+0+2|1:07:18.9|
|6|Shin Byung-Gook (KOR)|1:02:49.3|1+2+1+1|1:07:49.3|
|7|Son Hae-Kwon (KOR)|1:02:58.3|1+1+2+1|1:07:58.3|
|8|Wang Xin (CHN)|1:04:42.4|2+1+1+1|1:09:42.4|
|9|Naoki Shindo (JPN)|1:03:08.5|3+1+0+3|1:10:08.5|
|9|Jeon Jae-Won (KOR)|1:02:08.5|2+2+2+2|1:10:08.5|
|11|Alexey Karevskiy (KAZ)|1:03:28.8|3+1+1+2|1:10:28.8|
|12|Sergey Abdukarov (KAZ)|1:05:11.4|1+2+1+3|1:12:11.4|
|13|Takashi Shindo (JPN)|1:01:15.0|3+3+2+4|1:13:15.0|
|14|Shinji Ebisawa (JPN)|1:04:13.6|3+3+1+3|1:14:13.6|
|15|Choi Neung-Chul (KOR)|1:08:50.6|3+2+0+1|1:14:50.6|
|16|Byamba Enkh-Amgalan (MGL)|1:15:20.4|4+5+2+2|1:28:20.4|

Question: number of japanese athletes that finished with total time less than 1:10:00
Answer: 4